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Object Number
61-8-70/3943
Display Title
Shell necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, braided fiber band, row of cone shells attached, broken
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
/
<State>
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Caroline Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Ascension Island
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 1.8 x 1 cm (9 1/16 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
14
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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